India’s slow-brewing political storm is steadily gathering strength

Written by Indrajit Roy. When Narendra Modi was elected as head of India’s BJP government in May 2014, he was expected to usher in a period of stability and development. But midway into his term, he and his party are lurching from one crisis to another – and the atmosphere is getting worse. When the …

Kashmir flare-up puts India under new pressure to deal with Pakistan

Written by Harsh V Pant. In the worst attack against the Indian army in years, militants in Kashmir recently killed 18 soldiers in a predawn raid on an army camp in the town of Uri. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are under growing domestic pressure to launch a military response against suspected …

Conferencing in Dhaka

Written by Carole Spary. I recently had the privilege of participating in a conference on ‘Inclusive Governance in South Asia’ in Bangladesh on 8-9 May in the capital Dhaka. The conference was organised by Professor Nizam U. Ahmed, Chief Co-ordinator of the Public Administration and Governance Research Network and Professor at the Department of Public …

What escalating Kashmir attacks tell us about Modi’s changing foreign policy

Written by Priya Chacko. Simmering tensions between India and Pakistan in the disputed state of Kashmir appear to have flared up again with an attack by militants on an Indian camp coming three days after India announced it had undertaken “surgical strikes” against militants in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Since the 2014 election of the Hindu nationalist …